Kettle.



PATENTED FEB. 12, 1907. A. G. REDWOOD.

KETTLB. APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 6, 1905.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application filed November 6, 1905. Serial No. 286.108.

To colt 1071,0712, it may concern:

Be it known that I, AROHIBALD G. RED- wooD, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kettles; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention is an improved kettle adapted to be used for the ordinarypurposes of a kettle and also adapted for use in keeping cofl'ee, eggs,or other articles of food warm; and it consists in the combination andarrangement of devices hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation,partly insection, of my improved kettle, showing a coffee-pot therein to be keptwarm thereby. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the kettle employed toheat a can of beans or other food. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing anegg-boiler in the kettle. Fig. 4 is a perspective View showing the upperportion of the kettle and the cover thereof.

The kettle 1 may be made of any suitable material and maybe of the formhere shown or of any other suitable form. Its mouth 2 is of suflicientdiameter to enable a coffee-pot or other vessel to be placed in thekettle. The spent 3 of the kettle is curved, and partly embedded in thesame is the spout of a flowpipe 4, which I will call a siphon, thelonger end of which siphon extends downwardly in the kettle to near thebottom thereof and is open at its lower end. The si phcn has a valveprovided with a button 5, said valve being normally closed and whenopened by pressure on the button serving to permit the flow of hot waterfrom the kettle through the siphon when it is desired to obtain a smallquantity of hot water irom the kettle without tilting or lifting thekettle to pour water from its spout 3 or without removing the coffee-notor other article which may be in the kettle. Said spout of the ket tleis provided with a stopper 6, which is removable therefrom at will andis connected to the kettle by a suitable chain 7, which is attached to ahook 8, providedon the kettlespout.

In connection with the siphon I employ a pump 9 to force air up throughthe siphon,

and hence cause water to flow through the siphon.

In the bottom of the kettle is placed a stool 10, the legs of which areelastic to facilitate the placing 'of the stool in the kettle and itsremoval therefrom. The stool extends to within about five inches of thetop of the kettle and serves to support a copper pot or other vessel,which it may be desired to heat or keep hot. It will be understood thatthe stool serves to support the bottom of the coffee-pot or other vesselat some distance above the bottom of the kettle, so that hot water willbe between the bottom of the kettle and the bottom of the coffee-pot orother vessel to prevent the coffee or other material within the innervessel from being burned.

It will be understood that a can of beans or other food may be placed inthe kettle, as shown in Fig. 2, to heat the same. In Fig. 3 I show anegg-boiler 11 in the kettle, the eggboiler being a cylindrical framemade of wire and covered with wire-gauze or other foraminous material.The egg-boiler has a flange 12 near its upper end, by which it is hungwithin the kettle, thus rendering it un: necessary to employ the stoolto support the egg-boiler.

The kettle is provided with an inner lid or cover 13 and an outer lid orcover 14, both of which are pivoted thereon by the same pivot pin orstud 15. The inner lid. or cover is concavo-convex in cross-section withits concave side uppermost and is perforated, so that it is adapted tohold eggs orother articles which may be placed thereon, the perforationsenabling steam to pass therethrough for the purpose of heating such eggsor other articles. The outer cover or lid 14 may be placed directly overthe perforated cover 13 and is fiat to enable a dish, plate, or otherarticle to be placed thereon to be heated and kept hot by the steam fromthe kettle. The outer lid has a thumb-screw 16 on one side, and theinner lid has a slot 17 in one side to receive said thumb-screw, thelatter being employed to secure the lids together for simultaneousmovement to open or close the kettle when desired. I

I employ the stopper in the spout of the kettle in order to cause air tocome through the siphon, and thus cause water to flow to secure the sameresult, if desired. Such V button will be covered with asbestos.

cover, on the inner cover and mounted independently thereof on thepivot-pin, said flange and inner and outer covers having openings whichregister when said covers are closed, and a locking-pin for insertion insaid openings, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing Witnesses.

ARCHIE G. REDWOOD.

\Vitnesses PHILIP BELLEGGIE, V. B. OCHILTREE.

